Brasserie de l'Espérance

Commercial Brewery in Schiltigheim, Grand Est, France 🇫🇷
Owned by Heineken France

Established in 1746

Closed in 2025

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10 Rue St Charles, Schiltigheim, 67300, France

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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Copper color under a fleeting white head. Nutty malt aroma. The flavor is malty with a bit of hop bitterness, but this is just another boring amber ale really. Some dryness in the finish, but overall not much going on here. Cute little swing top bottle and easy drinking unassertive flavor should make this a good gateway brew for the macro drinker looking to try something more daring. Think baby steps here.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2004 at 15:22

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Quite an active looking standard lager with a nice fruity dry aroma. The flavour is very strong as you would expect, but quite sweet with a dry finish. Overall not as bad as the reviews suggest.
Tried on 21 Nov 2004 at 17:37

3.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Cloudy pale yellow color. Smells and tastes like a shandy, but drier (citrus fruits, coriander…); therefore the bitterness at the end is not pleasant. Not a beer, a strange drink.
Tried on 11 Nov 2004 at 03:19

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Plain looking amber beer with a malty lager aroma and a lightly bitter flavour with a touch of malt. Overall a plain French lager.
Tried on 03 Nov 2004 at 20:04

4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Canned(330ml). -pale golden, herbal nose, malty, watery and vain, bitter finish
Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2004 at 07:57

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
Orange beer with little head, a fruity orange aroma and a weak, watery orange and vodka flavour. Overall not a beer but an alco-pop.
Tried on 19 Jul 2004 at 16:28

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Pleasantly sweet, almost floral aroma - best thing about this beer. Pale straw color. Slightly sweet flavor and hops flavor. Not a bad beer - just not spectacular.
Tried on 04 Jun 2004 at 13:43

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
A beer that teaches the lesson to read the label. Since this beer is made with whisky malt, it is more reminiscent of a scotch and water than a beer. The aroma reminds me of an Islay scotch (peat, salty, iodine). The flavor is smokey and peaty but finishes rather sweet which is a bit disconcerting. Head is full. This reminds me of Laphroig or Bowmore initially but finishes too sweet. If you want a typical beer, skip this one but isn’t bad if you like Islay scotches or smokey flavor.
Tried on 03 Jun 2004 at 12:48

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Pours a bright yellow with a big head. Kind of a skunky aroma and the taste is well not really there. Its a lager and not much else. Cool raised glass bottle though but don’t judge a book by its cover.
Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2004 at 19:40

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 7
The aroma is of rope, tar, peat, and malt with notes of sweetness. My daughter of seven thinks it smells like me!?! The color is red-orange and it has a fine but collapsing head. The flavor is way too sweet, but with nice notes of malt, peat, rope, and tar. This beer would be great if it wasn’t so sweet. It is lovely complex with great accents, but the sweetness from the added candy sugar kills the greatness, but I still think it is an interesting beer to sample.
Tried from Can on 01 May 2004 at 16:49